Associate Head Coach: Steve Raisfeld (11th season in 2025-26)
Steve Raisfeld is entering his 11th season as associate head coach of the men's basketball program at Farmingdale State College in 2025-26. Since joining the team, the Rams have won seven regular season titles (2017, 2018, 2019, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025) and captured the Skyline Conference Championship in 2017, 2019, 2023 and 2024 – with berths into the NCAA Division III Men's Basketball Championship in each of those four campaigns.
Raisfeld has coached one All-American, 17 All-Conference players, five Defensive Players of the Year, two Rookies of the Year and a two-time Skyline Championship Most Outstanding Player at Farmingdale State. He has extensive recruiting ties in the Metropolitan New York area, and oversees the recruiting for the men's basketball program as well as scouting opponents, monitoring academic progress of the student-athletes and other day-to-day aspects to help maintain a successful program.
Besides his coaching duties, Raisfeld oversees the Farmingdale State men's basketball’s community outreach programs, including its running of the annual “CYO Day" Clinic for about 100 youth kids before a home game. He also assists with the Katie McBride Foundation, a charity that works to raise important funds and awareness of the Ronald McDonald House of Long Island and the family support services it provides. In 2017, Coach Raisfeld was named Under Armour 30-Under-30 up and coming young coaches.
Prior to Farmingdale State, Raisfeld was at Fordham University as Director of Video Operations from 2011-15. His duties included travel arrangements, academics, housing, scheduling, facilities, player development and community relations and serving as the director of the Tom Pecora Basketball Camps. Raisfeld was involved in game and practice preparation, player development, preparing scouting reports and video editing. He also supervised all facets of the men's basketball academic program, which included acting as a liaison between student-athletes and faculty. Raisfeld spearheaded the Fordham men's basketball's community service programs and was involved in numerous outreach programs, including weekly school assemblies and clinics.
Raisfeld worked as a graduate assistant/video coordinator at his alma mater, Hofstra University, in 2010-11 before heading to Fordham. Over the course of his career, he has coached a pair of NBA draft picks: Charles Jenkins of Hofstra (2011, No. 44 pick, Golden State Warriors) and Eric Paschall of Fordham (2019, No. 41 pick, Golden State Warriors).
A native of Merrick, N.Y., Raisfeld is a 2010 graduate of Hofstra's Zarb School of Business with a Bachelor's Degree in Marketing. He is the process of finishing his Master’s Degree in Sport Management from SUNY Cortland.
